As Zhou Yue's voice fell, Zhaopin stretched out her hand from the tent.

Seeing this, Bai Yin quickly covered it with a piece of cloth.

Zhou Yue took two steps forward on his knees and stretched out his hand to take the patient's pulse.

But in just a short moment, his expression changed suddenly.

After confirming for a moment, Zhou Yue raised his head, his face looking extremely ugly.

"My Lady, why do you...have traces of musk?"

Zhaopin was still a little confused. "Musk?"

But in a moment, his expression suddenly changed. "What did you say? I'm pregnant, why would I use musk?"

Zhou Yue said with a serious face, "Your Majesty, I will not make a mistake. Your pulse shows signs of recent heavy use of musk. Your miscarriage is probably due to this."

Zhaopin suddenly sat up, but pulled her lower abdomen again, causing her to scream in pain.

Then he lay down heavily again.

Hearing the voice, Bai Yin ignored the rules and opened the curtain, "My Queen!"

A pale face flashed across his face, and Zhou Yue felt nervous.

But considering the palace rules, he immediately lowered his head.

After a while, Zhaopin's pain subsided a little.

A somewhat weak voice sounded again, "Brother, since I became pregnant, I have been extremely careful with my food, clothing, and daily expenses. Bai Yin knows a little about medicine, but she never noticed that I had been exposed to musk. How could I have a miscarriage because of it?"

The word "brother" made Zhou Yue's face flash with sadness.

"Your Majesty, I have read your pulse and it does not seem like you have been exposed to musk for a long time. Instead, it seems that you have used a very large amount in a short period of time, which has caused your body to become weak."

"The musk used seems to be taken from the musk deer in the snowy mountains of the northwest. It has a very strong medicinal effect. Your Majesty was only one month pregnant, and the fetus was already unstable, which led to the miscarriage."

Zhaopin was helped to sit up again by Bai Yin.

Upon hearing this, his face was full of doubt.

"In a short time?"

After he finished speaking, he seemed to suddenly remember something.

"Brother, since the amount is so large, there must be some trace. I wonder if you can tell me the approximate time?"

"It was probably the day when the Empress went to the Old Summer Palace."

Bai Yin's expression changed. "Your Majesty, when I got on the carriage that day, I smelled a unique fragrance. But the coachman said... the Imperial Household Department thought you might be pregnant, so they used a thick layer of rose juice to soak a soft blanket and spread it on the carriage. The smell..."

"Could it be that there is musk in it?!"

Bai Yin's words made Zhaopin suddenly punch the edge of the bed. "Bai Yin, go and get the blanket from the carriage right now!"

Since it concerns the royal heir, Bai Yin will not delay.

He just glanced at Zhou Yue quickly, instructed Bai Yun to take good care of Zhaopin, turned around and hurried out.

Zhaopin was placed with a high soft pillow beside her. She was half sitting on the bed and suddenly said, "Bai Yun, hang up the gauze curtain. My brother is not an outsider. There is no need to be so shy."

Bai Yun has a simpler mind, so she naturally does whatever Concubine Zhao says.

The gauze curtain was hung up, but Zhou Yue still knelt on the ground with his head bowed.

Zhaopin sighed softly, "Brother, you and I are blood brother and sister. There are no outsiders in this palace. Why are you being so reserved?"

Zhou Yue said without raising his head, "Your Majesty, your words are too serious. I dare not. I am just a low-level doctor who has just joined the Imperial Hospital. How can I dare to be called Your Majesty?"

"I know, you must still be blaming me and my mother."

Zhaopin's voice was filled with sadness. "But brother, I was still young at that time. Even if I stopped her, how could mother listen to a child like me?"

"For so many years, you have been reluctant to set foot in the Niuhulu Mansion, and you have been reluctant to see anyone in your family. I understand."

"I am also very grateful to my brother for being willing to take the risk and enter this cruel palace for me."

"But you and I are siblings, and we should be the closest of friends. Why do we have to follow the rules between ruler and subject even when we talk to each other?"

"Do you know how much self-blame my sister has felt day and night for all these years?"

If you want to talk, tears will flow first.

After saying this, Zhaopin's tears rolled down and she couldn't stop them anymore.

Zhou Yue let out a long sigh.

"Your Majesty, I dare not blame you, but you also know that we are not in the Niuhulu Mansion now. There are many spies in the deep palace, and even the walls have ears. If I do not do my duty, if I bring blame to your Majesty, I will never be able to redeem myself."

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